Monday, January 10, 2022

GRIFFITHS

Ellen Griffiths 1833–1902 

Ellen was born in 1833 at Windsor New South Wales. She married three times and died of "ACUTE BRONCHITIS  MORBIS CORDIS"on 6 August 1902 at Gulgong.

  • Ellen Griffiths' married her first husband - Elijah Sheldon- in Brisbane QLD at the age of 16. 
    [Elijah Sheldon was born about 1823 at Cheshire, England; died 1864 at Braidwood, NSW]
Ellen's children with Elijah were:
    • Joseph (born 1860)
    • Jane (born (1862)
    • 1 M, 2 F DEC'D
  • Ellen Griffiths' married her second husband - Leonard Leroux - in Mudgee
    [Leonard Leroux was born in 1821 in France and died in Gulgong.]
Ellen's children to Leonard were:
    • Ellen (born 1866)
    • Adelaide (born 1868)
    • Ernest (born 1870)
    • 1 M DEC'D
  • Ellen Griffiths' 3rd Husband  was William Philips
    [born about 1852 at Goulburn River, Victoria; died 9 Sept 1928 at Cobar, NSW]

Ellen's children to William Philips were:

    • George Phillips Leroux (born 1876 at Home Rule; married Ada Olive Burns in Gulgong in 1901; died 1949 at Parramatta, NSW
    • Annie Teresa Leroux Phillips (born 8 APR 1877 at Home Rule; married Arthur Hunn in 1898; died 14 November 1946 at Auburn NSW)
    • Ethel May Leroux Phillips (born 1882 at Gulgong, DEATH Unknown) 

Source: Information provided by Peter Farthing